The case against a 50-year-old Muskegon Heights man charged with hitting his brother in the head with a baseball bat was dismissed at 60th District Court preliminary examination Tuesday.

Stanley Watt, of 2022 Maffett, had been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony. The case was dismissed after the victim and a witness did not appear for court.

The victim, McArthur Watt, 51, got into an altercation and suffered severe lacerations to his left ear that left it dangling, according to Muskegon Heights police. The incident occurred earlier this month.